ḫḫ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "hh"
Egyptian
editPronunciation
edit- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /χiχ/ → /χiχ/ → /χeχ/ → /χeχ/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /xɛx/
- Conventional anglicization: khekh
Noun
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- neck of a human
- throat
- Synonym: bgs
- c. 1859 BCE – 1840 BCE, The Story of Sinuhe, version B (pBerlin 3022 and pAmherst n-q) lines 21–22:[1]
- ḫr.n jbt ꜣs.n.f w(j) ntb.kw ḫḫ.j ḫm.w
- Thirst fell and overtook me so that I was parched and my throat was like dust.
Inflection
editAlternative forms
editAlternative hieroglyphic writings of ḫḫ
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Descendants
edit- Bohairic Coptic: ϧⲁϧ (xax)
References
edit- Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1929) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache[1], volume 3, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 331.3–331.10
- ^ Allen, James Peter (2015) Middle Egyptian Literature: Eight Literary Works of the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 71–72